Nothing but Nouns

By: Ms. Walsh

A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.

Nouns

A noun is often clued by the words an a and the An ape on the bike hit a bird with a rock at the end of the long road.
We will learn about: concrete nouns and abstract nouns. common nouns and proper nouns singular nouns and plural nouns. collective nouns possessive nouns

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Rockin Out with NOUNS!

Lets see a mini introduction to NOUNS! Remember some of the nouns you see Feel free to sing along!

A noun is a person, place, thing or idea

Person girl Mr. Robbins nurse Sam boy man president Place Nashua city back yard San Francisco mountain Mount Monadnock Pennichuck School Thing toy tree arm couch monster Big Foot Apple Computer Idea/Feeling love happiness freedom honesty commitment kindness democracy

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YOUR TURN.
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns

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Concrete vs. Abstract Nouns

A concrete noun is a noun that can be experienced with your five senses. You can touch, smell, see, hear or taste a concrete noun.

An abstract noun can not be experienced with your five senses. An abstract noun exists, but you cannot see it, taste it, smell it, touch it or hear it.
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Concrete Nouns
A concrete noun can be experienced with one or more of your five senses. An orange is a concrete noun. You can see an orange, taste one, smell one, touch one. A whistle is a concrete noun. You can hear it and see hit and touch it.

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Abstract nouns arent detected by your five senses.

Honesty is an example of an abstract noun. What color is honesty? You don't know because you cannot see it. What texture is honesty? Who knows? You cannot touch it. What flavor is honesty? No clue! You cannot taste it! Does it make a sound? Of course not! Does it smell? Not a bit! Honesty is an abstract noun!

Abstract Nouns

Other abstract nouns:

anger, peace, hate, pride,

sympathy, bravery, success, courage, beauty, fun, loyalty pain, knowledge, trust, education, friendship, intelligence
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YOUR TURNFind the concrete and abstract nouns

The mother felt love for her baby and she had much happiness when the child laughed while playing with the toy. The soldier held his gun tightly as he walked into the city. He felt hatred for his enemy but dreaded the thought of causing pain. He hated war and wished he could go home. Angie was sad that her friend Lily was moving to Florida. She was filled with sorrow at the thought of losing her friendship. She looked at her watch. Where had the time gone? She had spent all night on the computer doing her homework!

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Common and Proper Nouns

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Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns

A common noun is an ordinary person, place or thing. A common noun is not capitalized. (boy, city, house) A proper noun is a specific person, place or thing. A proper noun is capitalized. (Sam, Nashua, The White House)

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Common Noun and Proper Noun

holiday = common noun Valentines Day = proper noun

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Common Noun and Proper Noun

tower = common noun Eiffel Tower = proper noun

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Common Noun and Proper Noun

doctor = a common noun Dr. Ed Jones = a proper noun

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Common and Proper Nouns

doctor lady building city shoe college girl boy Dr. Paine Mrs. Jones The Capital Building Nashua, NH Adidas Rivier College Mary James

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Singular and Plural Nouns

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Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular means ONE ONE crazy guy Plural means MORE THAN ONE TWO crazy guys There are rules to making Singular nouns into plural nouns.
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Singular or Plural?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. cats baby church tables books Bus man oranges dog bananas

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If a noun ends with s x ch or sh, add ES to make it plural: s

buses

x
taxes

ch
benches

sh
dishes
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Add ies to make nouns plural that end with a consonant and a y:

lady
Ladies

fry
fries

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Some nouns that end in f or fe change to ves when made plural:

calf
calves

knife
knives
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Some nouns that end in o change to es when made plural. Some change to s:

kangaroo
kangaroos

potato
potatoes
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Some nouns do not change at all when made plural:

sheep
sheep

deer
deer
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Some nouns change completely when made plural:

man
men

goose
geese
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Some nouns dont fit the rules

Monkey changes to monkeys not monkies.
Thats just the English Language for you!

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Noun type Ends with -fe

Forming the plural

Example

Change f to v then Add -s

Change f to v then Add -es Add -es

knife - knives life - lives wife - wives

half - halves wolf - wolves loaf - loaves potato - potatoes tomato - tomatoes volcano - volcanoes cactus - -cacti nucleus - nuclei

Ends with -f

Ends with -o

ends with -us

Change -us to -i

ALL KINDS

Change the vowel or Change the word or Add a different ending Singular and plural are the same

man - men foot - feet child - children person - people tooth - teeth mouse - mice
sheep deer fish

Unchanging

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. half 2. foot 3. piano 4. spy 5. brush

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. halves 2. feet 3. pianos 4. spies 5. brushes

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. mouse 2. memo 3. shelf 4. leaf 5. child

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. mice 2. memos 3. shelves 4. leaves 5. children

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. thief 2. woman 3. fish 4. photo 5. die

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. thieves 2. women 3. fish 4. photos 5. dice

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Collective Nouns

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Collective Nouns
When you collect something, you put together a group of more than one. Collective means a group. Collective nouns are groups of something. Here are some collective nouns:
herd group fleet army colony mob tribe class pack family team flock

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Possessive Nouns
I believe that belongs to me

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Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun is a noun that shows ownership. To possess means to own or to have.
I am Bob and this is my towel.

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Possessive Nouns
To show ownership, an apostrophe is used.

Most people have a hard time putting the apostrophe in the correct place! The rule for the apostrophe depends on whether the noun is singular or plural.

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Possessive Singular Nouns

Use an apostrophe with -s for possessives of singular nouns. SINGULAR MEANS ONE. Use an apostrophe plus -s to show the possessive form of a singular noun, even if that singular noun already ends in -s: Franks crayon my friends dad Robert Frosts poetry today's weather report the boss's problem Star Jones's talk show That boys shirt
I am one boy and this is my shirt.

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Possessive Plural Nouns

Use an apostrophe without an -s for most possessives plural nouns. PLURAL MEANS MORE THAN ONE. To form the possessive of a plural noun that already ends in -s, add an apostrophe: the girls' swing set (the swing set belonging to the girls) the students' projects (the projects belonging to the students) the Johnsons' house (the house belonging to the Johnsons)

If the plural noun does not end in -s, add an apostrophe plus -s:

women's conference (the conference belonging to the women) the children's toys (the toys belonging to the children) the men's training camp (the training camp belonging to the men)
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Singular Possessive vs. Plural Possessive

Basically.

The project belonging to one student: (singular) The students project The apostrophe comes before the s.

The project belonging to more than one student: (plural) The students project The apostrophe comes after the s.
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Singular Possessive vs. Plural Possessive

Finally.

The shoes belonging to many women: The shoes belonging to one woman: WOMANS SHOES WOMENS SHOES
The apostrophe comes before the s because the noun is a collective group and has no s on the end. It would be ladies shoes if the base word was lady.: Ladys shoes (the shoes belonging to one lady) Ladies shoes (the shoes belonging to more than one lady.

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Can you make this sentence possessive?

Adam owns that car.

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Answer: That is Adam's car.

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Which answer best fits in the blank? ____________ bicycle is broken.

A. Seths' B. Sethes C. Seths D. Seth's
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Which answer best fits in the blank? ____________ bicycle is broken.

A. Seths' B. Sethes C. Seths D. Seth's
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Which answer best fits in the blank? The trash can will attract a lot of ____________ if you leave the lid off. A. flys B. flies C. flie's D. fly's

Which answer best fits in the blank?

The trash can will attract a lot of ____________ if you leave the lid off. A. flys

B.

flies

C. flie's D. fly's

Which answer best fits in the blank? The ____________________ skin is red. A. tomatoes B. tomato's C. tomatos' D. tomatos's

Which answer best fits in the blank? The ____________________ skin is red. A. tomatoes
B. C. D.

tomato's
tomatos' tomatos's

Which answer best fits in the blank?

Emily has two hamsters named Barry and Steve. The ____________________ cage looks like a tiny house. A. hamsters' B. hamsters C. hamster's D. hamsterers

Which answer best fits in the blank?

Emily has two hamsters named Barry and Steve. The ____________________ cage looks like a tiny house. A. hamsters' B. hamsters C. hamster's D. hamsterers

Which answer best fits in the blank?

Billy will carry his ____________ suitcase. A. sister's B. sisters C. sisteres D. sister'

Which answer best fits in the blank?

Billy will carry his ____________ suitcase. A. sister's B. sisters C. sisteres D. sister'

Which answer best fits in the blank? I borrowed ___________ sweater. A. Jane's B. Janes C. Jane D. Janes'

Which answer best fits in the blank?

I borrowed _________ sweater. A. B. C. D.
I am Jane and this is my sweater.

Jane's
Janes Jane Janes'

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